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**Stage - Construire son roman [INSCRIPTION](https://www.ecrireandco.com/stages-roman)** Informations et inscriptions : [Ecrire & Co](https://www.ecrireandco.com/) L’objectif du stage est de permettre à chaque participant de construire le scénario complet de son roman. Jour après jour, l’animateur présente les outils de structuration d’un roman. Les participants réalisent, de manière accompagnée, l’intégralité du travail préparatoire à l’écriture de leur manuscrit qu’ils partagent au fur et à mesure des étapes avec l’ensemble du groupe. **Sommaire** * Avertissements d'usage * Définir le sujet (intrigue, message, genre) * Construire un plan (schémas narratifs) * Planter le décor * Imaginer des personnages * Dérouler un scénario * L'écriture technique (narrateur, temps de narration) * Conseils d'écrivain **Modalités** * Lieu : 5 rue catulienne à Saint-Denis (à 5 minutes à pieds de la gare RER, 10 minutes du métro ligne 13, + parking à vélos) * Ambiance : la campagne à la ville, belles pierres sur jardin * Durée : 5 jours (30h) du lundi au vendredi de 9h30 à 16h30 * Tarif : 250 € (TTC) * Groupe : de 2 à 7 participants **Dates de stage** * Du 20 au 24 octobre 2025 * Du 19 au 23 décembre 2025 * Du 23 au 27 février 2026 * Du 20 au 24 avril 2026 * Du 29 juin au 3 juillet 2026 * Du 6 au 10 juillet 2026 * Du 13 au 17 juillet 2026 * Du 20 au 24 juillet 2026 Informations et inscriptions : [Ecrire & Co](https://www.ecrireandco.com/)

# **YIYI Sphère \| Langues en poésie 001** ## **Traduire l'intraduisible** ### **Rencontrer un poème** On dit souvent : > **« La poésie est intraduisible. »** Et si nous commencions justement par un poème, pour voir comment le chinois et le français peuvent se rencontrer ? Apportez un poème que vous avez envie de partager. Il peut être : * en chinois, * en français, * ou dans toute autre langue. Nous le lirons ensemble, nous l'écouterons, nous en discuterons, puis nous tenterons de le faire voyager vers une autre langue. 🗓 29 juin 2026 (lundi 周一) ⏰ 19:30–21:30 🎺 12 personnes maximum Bienvenue aux francophones et sinophones (idéalement 6 français · 6 chinois) 📍 YIYI Sphère, 32 rue de Palestro, 75002 Paris Inscription lien sur www.yiyisphere.com ou [inscrire ici ](https://luma.com/gnk74t37) YIYI Sphère ｜ Langues en poésie 诗与语言_001 Traduire l'intraduisible 翻译不可翻译之物 Rencontrer un poème｜遇见一首诗 有人说： « La poésie est intraduisible. » （诗是不可翻译的。） 我们想从一首诗开始， 看看中文与法语如何相遇。 请带来一首你愿意分享的诗。 它可以是： — 中文 — 法语 — 或任何语言 我们将一起朗读、分享、讨论， 并尝试把它带入另一种语言。 欢迎在此注册：www.yiyisphere.com [inscrire ici ](https://luma.com/gnk74t37)

**🌈PRIDE MONTH Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite – 𝒊𝒏 🇫🇷𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 🇬🇧𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 + Agnès Varda Movie Tour** **🎬 Date & Time: Monday, June 29th, Agnès Varda Movie Tour at 4:30, Drinks at 7pm and Screening at 8pm** **📽️ Cinéma: Cinéma du Panthéon, 13 rue Victor-Cousin, Paris 5** **🎟️Movie Tickets: €5.40 – €9.90 [https://www.cinemadupantheon-reserver.cotecine.fr/reserver/F208404/D1782756000/VF/252814/](https://www.cinemadupantheon-reserver.cotecine.fr/reserver/F208404/D1782756000/VF/252814/)** **🎟️Tour Tickets: €18 [https://my.weezevent.com/lost-in-frenchlation-x-cine-balade-present-agnes-varda-movie-tour-6](https://my.weezevent.com/lost-in-frenchlation-x-cine-balade-present-agnes-varda-movie-tour-6)** **It’s 1990. Arthur is a twenty-year-old student living in Rennes, but his world shifts the moment he meets Jacques, a writer living in Paris with his young son. Over the course of a single summer, Arthur and Jacques find themselves falling deeply in love. But it’s a romance shadowed by a ticking clock—Jacques knows they have to live this love quickly before time runs out.** **Watch the trailer with English subtitles: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRF290gedLs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRF290gedLs)** **Queer French Film Series-Program Note** **Notes on the History of French Queer Cinema: [https://nostalgiaandliquor.substack.com/p/queer-french-cinema-a-historical](https://nostalgiaandliquor.substack.com/p/queer-french-cinema-a-historical)** **The history of French queer cinema is rich and diverse. During June 2026 in Paris—Pride Month—Lost in Frenchlation presents a series of films dedicated to French queer culture and lives. The series showcases a range of films from leading queer French-speaking filmmakers. Time-honored filmmakers such as Céline Sciamma, Christophe Honoré, Alain Guiraudie, Robin Campbillo, Julia Ducournau and Xavier Dolan are included in the program along with a new generation of French queer filmmakers such as Anna Cazenave Cambet and Hafsia Herzi. Through dramas and comedies, their films explore lesbian relationships, trans lives, “coming-out,” AIDS, and the pleasures of being queer.** **\*The Queer French Film Series is funded, in part, by the City University of New York’s Research Foundation.** **Bio** **David A. Gerstner is Professor of Cinema Studies at the City University of New York. In 2024, he was awarded *Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres*. He is the author of *Queer Imaginings: On Writing and Cinematic Friendship* (2023).**

**Ahoy there,** The next Full Moon Picnic will be Mon June 29 from 9 - 11 PM on Pont des Arts. Moonrise will be about 10:35 PM and sunset about 9:45 PM. However jet-lagged arriving that morning from the US, I promise I’ll be on the bridge in the evening. June was known to American Indians for the Full Strawberry Moon because this is the time to pick strawberries. (I pick mine in the market.) In Europe it was known for the Rose Moon. **WHAT**: Everyone brings food and drinks to share. **WHERE**: Pont des Arts. We'll gather around the 2nd bench from the Right Bank side of the bridge. Nearest metros: Pont Neuf and Louvre-Rivoli. **WHEN**: Monday June 29 at 9 PM **WHY**: Share one of the most memorable sights in Paris with some of the nicest people around. **WHO**: You and your friends. **HOW** to find us: Keep your eyes out for a small telescope on tripod if the sky is clear and a group of "lunatics" gathered around the 2nd bench from the Right Bank laughing and speaking English and French. **THEME**: Reflect on your pool, whether in the colors of your World Cup team or in the puke green peeling American flag blue pool in D.C. **BIRTHDAYS**: Are you a Cancer? If so, bring a cake so we can celebrate your birthday this month and blow out the world’s largest birthday candle. **PUZZLER:** Think big. If you wanted to be the first person to ever accomplish something, what would you do? Think BIGGER! You want to accomplish something that has never ever happened before in the entire history of the universe. You want to achieve a unique claim to fame. Also think smaller. You’re lazy, you want to invest as little time and effort as possible. Hint? Take a deck of cards and a few seconds. **PUZZLER ANSWER:** OK there are probably billions times billions of possible answers. Here’s one. If you shuffle a deck of cards properly one time, you would almost certainly end up of a sequence of cards that has never been seen before in the history of the universe. Yes, ok playing cards haven’t been around that long. And ancient Egyptians couldn’t shuffle stone tablets properly. So let’s lose the constraints. Let’s say that every human being that ever lived shuffled a deck of cards once a second for the 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang. It's virtually 100% certain that not one of those 409,000,000,000,000,000 shuffles would result in a sequence of cards that match your single shuffle. That’s because the number of combinations of 52 cards is 52 x 51 x 50 x 49… ie. 52! (52 factoria) or about 80,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. While 4.09x1017 is huge, it's impossibly minuscule compared to 8.06x1067. And that’s why you should never gamble blackjack in Vegas! For more explanation and ironic amusement, check the link below. Maybe the Space Daily Editorial Team has dyslexia or can’t see straight or can’t count. The article says the answer is 8 followed by 67 zeroes, but unless I can’t see straight or count myself, their text shows 8 followed by 76 zeros. I know I’m being picky, but the difference is a factor of 1 billion. (Which is also on the order of the number of dollars per day wasted on the “excursion" in Iran by the US, okay yes by mr trump (his capitals are losing popularity by the day). [https://spacedaily.com/t-every-time-you-give-a-deck-of-cards-a-proper-shuffle-you-almost-certainly-create-an-order-that-has-never-existed-before-in-the-history-of-the-universe-because-the-possible-arrangements-vastly-outnum/](https://spacedaily.com/t-every-time-you-give-a-deck-of-cards-a-proper-shuffle-you-almost-certainly-create-an-order-that-has-never-existed-before-in-the-history-of-the-universe-because-the-possible-arrangements-vastly-outnum/) ciao for niao, **Captain Bob**

* Zwischen 10 und 30 internationale Teilnehmer \* Wir treffen uns, um kulturellen Austausch zu fördern und Fremdsprachen zu üben. Heute Abend stehen Französisch oder Deutsch im Mittelpunkt! Um eine freundliche und intime Atmosphäre zu gewährleisten, ist die Anzahl der Teilnehmer begrenzt. Die Veranstaltungsadresse wird nur mit Personen geteilt, die eine gültige Jahresmitgliedskarte besitzen. Durch den Beitritt zu unserer Vereinigung erhalten Sie außerdem einen kleinen Trick, um die Teilnehmerzahl zu überprüfen. Die Mitgliedskarte bietet eine besondere Funktion: Wählen Sie eine Aufklebernummer, um nach Gesprächen mit anderen Gruppenmitgliedern einen kostenlosen Shot an der Bar zu erhalten. **Kartenkosten**: 5€ (hier erhältlich). \*\* Entre 10 et 30 participants internationaux \*\* Nous nous réunissons pour favoriser les échanges culturels et la pratique des langues étrangères. Ce soir, place au français ou à l'allemand ! Pour une ambiance conviviale et intimiste, le nombre de participants est limité. L'adresse de l'événement sera communiquée uniquement aux personnes possédant une carte de membre annuelle valide. En adhérant à notre association, vous recevrez également une petite astuce pour vérifier le nombre de participants. La carte de membre offre une particularité : choisissez un numéro de vignette pour recevoir un shot gratuit au bar après avoir discuté avec les autres membres du groupe. **Prix du billet** : 5 € (disponible ici). ⬇️ : [https://bit.ly/apero-linguistique2025](https://bit.ly/apero-linguistique2025)

Adresse : [https://chat.whatsapp.com/GzV0ojptK5Z7EvPYI1Zhc8](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GzV0ojptK5Z7EvPYI1Zhc8) Groupe Whatsapp pour filtrer les spams et les fantômes avant de vous ajouter au vrai groupe. English text at the end of this message Bienvenue dans notre maison de ville du 14e arrondissement. Un lieu, des rencontres, et la créativité comme langage commun. Speed Friending Factory France est une association qui fait naître des rencontres et du lien humain à travers l’art, la créativité et des moments partagés. Dans notre Atelier-Village Alésia, notre ambition est simple et précieuse : rassembler des personnes d’horizons variés, encourager les échanges et créer des expériences conviviales qui rapprochent. Bienvenue dans notre maison de ville sur 2 niveaux où vous pourrez participer à nos activités et événements, faire les votres, rencontrer autrement avec animateurs et jeux brise glace. Chaque jour des activités et événements à toutes heures. Chaque soir à partir de 19h, un apéro créatif convivial... Soirée comme à la maison. Pour les activités et événements d'ambiance quotidiens, voir la programmation sur place. Ici, c’est un véritable QG où l’on fait des soirées comme à la maison. Bien calés dans les canapés, on se retrouve jour après jour pour créer du lien, rencontrer des artistes et artisans passionnés, et partager des moments authentiques. Chaque soirée mêle atelier d'initiation artistique et apéro papotage convivial, avec des animations brise-glace pour que chacun se sente à l’aise et que tout le monde s’amuse, même en venant seul·e. Activités d'ambiance : Jeux de société, karaoké, soirée dansante, projection vidéo, cuisine.. Activités artistiques : Peinture, dessin, personnalisation d’objets, broderie artisanale, body painting, art numérique, musique, écriture créative, pyrogravure… explorez, échangez, expérimentez librement. ⚠️ Venir avec à grignoter et à boire pour prolonger le moment ensemble.⚠️ ⚠️⚠️ Prix : 10€ ⚠️⚠️ Débutant·es bienvenu·es Aucune expérience requise, juste l’envie de vivre un moment différent 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Creative & Social Evenings A place, encounters, and creativity as a shared language. Speed Friending Factory France is an association that fosters encounters and human connection through art, creativity and shared moments. In our Alésia Atelier-Village, our ambition is simple and precious: to bring together people from diverse backgrounds, encourage exchanges and create convivial experiences that bring people closer together. Welcome to our two-story townhouse where you can participate in our activities and events, organize your own, and meet people in a new way with our facilitators and icebreaker games. Activities and events every day at all hours. Every evening from 7 pm, a friendly, creative aperitif... An evening just like home. For daily activities and events, See the schedule on site. Here, it’s a true home base where evenings feel like hanging out in a cozy house. Comfortably settled on sofas, we gather day after day to connect, meet passionate artists and artisans, and share authentic moments. Each evening combines an introductory creative workshop and a relaxed social apéro, with icebreaker activities to make everyone feel at ease and ensure a fun time, even if you come alone. Social activities: Board games, karaoke, dance parties, video screenings, cooking... Artistic activities: Painting, drawing, object customization, embroidery, body painting, digital art, music, creative writing, wood burning … explore, connect, and express yourself freely. ⚠️ Bring something to snack on and drink to enjoy together.⚠️ ⚠️⚠️ Price : 10€ ⚠️⚠️ Beginners welcome No experience needed, just the desire to enjoy something different

Here we speak English ! Level B1-C1 ❗Please register before coming :)❗it is very IMPORTANT❗ To register and join our WhatsApp group, you have **two options**: 👉 **Register via the form on our website:** https://lampaling.com/inscription-speaking-club/ After registration, you will receive the WhatsApp group link **by email**. 👉 **Click “Participate” on this Meetup event** You will then receive the WhatsApp group link **via private message on Meetup**. **How does it work?** We don’t mix several languages. Here we speak English only. ⏱️ Duration: 1h30 👥 Number of participants per session: max 8–10 people *The number of registrations shown on Meetup does not reflect the actual attendance. **Official registrations** are made through the LampaLing **WhatsApp** group.* 💸 Fee: €7 per session. +Minimum one drink par person required🍹☕️ 📋 **Structure of a LampaLing Speaking Club:** 1. Welcome Short introduction from each participant (name, interests...) 2\. Pair activity o Each participant must download the app LampaLing to access discussion cards, role-play prompts, and questions. 3\. Group activity o Games like “Who am I?” (vocabulary version), “SpyFall – Find the spy”, etc 4\. Wrap\-up **🙋**You’ll be guided throughout the session by our friendly LampaLing host! Our **Lampaling speaking clubs** stand out from traditional language exchange events because they focus on the **educational aspect**. During our sessions, you’re **guided by qualified language teachers** who help you, and answer all your questions about mastering the language. Lampaling has created a **unique mix between a traditional language school and a friendly language exchange event**. Our goal is to help you **really speak the language** — without the pressure of a classroom, but in a **relaxed and supportive atmosphere**, with a strong focus on **speaking and communication**. 🎯💬

This group is for anyone interested in writing in English, whether it be prose or poetry or non-fiction. We get together once a week to listen, critique and support each other in our work. Attendees bring something they have written, six copies, printed out and no longer than seven pages, which they read aloud. They then receive feedback from the rest of the group. The size of the group is limited to 6, so that everyone is able to receive a full 30 minutes of constructive feedback including reading time. If you have nothing to read but would like to come and listen, you are most welcome too. We are an anglophone group and everything is conducted in English, in fact not everyone who comes can speak French. Please bear this in mind if you sign up.

Un événement pour se retrouver entre femmes parisiennes qui écrivent ✍️
Faisons connaissance autour d’un thé ou café et écrivons chacune de notre côté, toutes ensemble ! ☀️ Au programme : 💬 Un petit tour de table ✍️ Un atelier d’écriture guidée ☕️ Un temps d’échange et de partage (si tu en as envie) À prévoir : 🗒️ / 💻 : carnet et stylo ou ordi (chargé) selon tes préférences!

Paris Lit Up open mic (PLU) Every Thursday in English (other languages too – when in Rome, speak French) at the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide (103 Rue Julien Lacroix, 75020). If you would like to read, dance, sing or otherwise express yourself, sign up is open and free to all, starting at 20.00-ish. We go until we drop or run out of performers! In any language. Or no language at all. No limits, just respect. Plus, each week featured performers from around the world are invited to strut their stuff before our rowdy but respectful audience. For this week's special guest, see: www.facebook.com/ParisLitUp Not in Paris? Join us online at "PLU Live on Zoom"! Every Wednesday from 9pm CET. Just like an open mic, but we chat a bit too. Always the same link, hosts rotate: http://tiny.cc/PLUopenmic

Chers tous ! Le thème sera posté dès que nous l'aurons décidé. Comme toujours, assurez-vous , je vous prie, de vos intentions de participation. Bonnes et belles lectures et écritures et à bientôt ! Jelila PS : je publiera le lieu le plus tôt possible (selon la ou les brasseries)

Our choice for July is Death in Venice by Thomas Mann ... I think that it's quite a summer reading - we'll see!!! Enjoy your reading!

For the meeting in June, we'll read and discuss **Bold Endeavors: Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration by Jack Stuster** *Note: Please note the change in location to L'Oiseau Blanc near Saint-Lazare metro. With a World Cup quarterfinal match on this day - the previous location is not viable. If we do not get a place to sit, we might have to make arrangements similar to last time in a park.* Description from Goodreads: *Behavioral scientist Struster distills the experiences and responses of people who, alone or in small groups, have been isolated and confined in small places, and challenged by extreme conditions. In addition to polar and space explorers, he culls from diaries and other accounts of shipwreck and disaster survivors, prisoners of war, and experimental subjects; and he recommends principles and cautions for future expeditions.* **\*New to book club? You're welcome to join our discussion. We'll discuss our thoughts on the book and share related topics.** **\*Discussions held in English**

Bonjour à toutes et tous ! ✨ Pour notre Club de lecture n°21, qui aura lieu le **4 juillet** 📖, nous ouvrirons un nouveau thème autour de la science-fiction et de l'humain à travers ***Des fleurs pour Algernon*** de Daniel Keyes 🌟. À travers le parcours de Charlie Gordon, un homme à qui l'on propose une expérience destinée à accroître son intelligence, ce roman nous invite à réfléchir à ce qui fait notre humanité, à notre rapport aux autres et aux limites du progrès scientifique. Entre émotion, réflexion et questionnements éthiques, cette œuvre incontournable continue de marquer profondément ses lecteurs. Comme toujours, nous nous retrouverons autour d’un café ou d’un thé ☕ pour échanger librement sur nos impressions et nos réflexions, dans un esprit bienveillant et ouvert. Au plaisir de vous retrouver pour cette nouvelle lecture et d’échanger ensemble autour de ce roman aussi touchant que fascinant ✨ À très bientôt, Amicalement, Jade 🌸

Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 7:00pm on Wednesday, February 11 at Streetlight Guild. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. **SCHEDULE:** 6:45ish - Quick introductions 7:00 - Timer starts: write for 1 hour 8:00 - The End **OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING** happens before and after the writing hour. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. **BEING LATE IS OKAY:** just show up and get settled! If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing & I look forward to seeing you at Streetlight Guild! **WHAT SHOULD I BRING?** Whatever you need to be able to write! You're welcome to bring earplugs/headphones if noise will bother you! **OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS:** * **RSVP:** Please RSVP by 6:00pm the evening of the meeting. This helps me know how many to expect, and if we'll need additional space! * **COVID:** While masks are not required, please be mindful of the other writers around you and their comfort levels. * **WIFI/OUTLETS:** Outlets are limited, so please ensure your devices are charged when you come! But Streetlight Guild does have free WiFi! Yay! * **PARKING:** There is free public parking at Streetlight Guild.

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!

Greetings writers! Come down and join your fellow wordsmiths for one hour of uninterrupted writing time in the upper level of the Market District Supermarket in Upper Arlington. The main entrance of the shopping center opens onto stairs/elevator leading up to the 2nd floor cafe section where we will have a table displaying a sign with the Shut Up & Write logo. Writing is largely a solitary craft. Practicing with others in a community setting may be the thing you need to fire your own routine. We’ll meet on Wednesday evenings, starting the clock at 6:30, following a brief period of introductions. This is solid writing time and all inclusive. Any project is acceptable, be it fiction, non -fiction, work or homework assignment. All is welcome and will remain private to you. The market boasts a Starbucks, a full service bar and various affordable food options. Parking is plentiful, free Wifi is provided as well as outlets for charging your devices, though they are somewhat limited, so plan accordingly. Show up as early as you like, or stay late. This group tends to socialize some, both before and after the alloted time, but this is not mandatory to you. Feel free to come and go as you please and late arrivals are welcome. The cafe may be noisy on occasion so headphones/ earbuds are reccommended as you see fit. Please try to RSVP if possible so that we may grab enough seats for all—the venue can be busy at times. Feel free to message me privately wth any questions and/ or concerns you may have. Happy writing!

Let’s meet and discuss John Updike's Rabbit, Run, the first in his series of four novels following the life, hopes, and disappointments of former local basketball star, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, as he fitfully confronts and evades adulthood.